{"id":32924,"date":"2024-01-31T09:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T09:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/?p=32924"},"modified":"2024-02-07T10:03:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-07T10:03:33","slug":"university-of-hawaii-and-ocean-networks-announce-a-new-120m-undersea-cable-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/2024\/01\/31\/university-of-hawaii-and-ocean-networks-announce-a-new-120m-undersea-cable-project\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Hawai\u2019i and Ocean Networks announce a new $120M undersea cable project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The new Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL) subsea cable will expand high-speed Internet statewide.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Hawai\u02bbi (UH) and Ocean Networks, Inc. (ONI) have announced a $120 million, public-private partnership to construct a submarine optical fiber cable system that will connect the Hawaiian Islands and improve and expand high-speed broadband Internet throughout the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project, the Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL), is a key component of Connect K\u0101kou, the state\u2019s broadband initiative and a top priority of the Governor. Josh Green administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the direction of Lt. Governor Sylvia Luke, Connect K\u0101kou will ensure that people from all walks of life have reliable and affordable access to high-speed Internet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis inter-island cable system will leverage the once-in-a-generation federal investment for technological infrastructure and position our state for long-term economic growth,\u201d said Gov. Green, M.D. \u201cThe resulting network will be open to all carriers and sufficiently support all manner of telecommunications carrier and enterprise traffic, including anticipated future high-capacity demands supporting healthcare, education, research, public service, commerce and government uses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ONI is responsible for the supply, construction, operations and maintenance of the inter-island cable system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Partial funding will be provided through a federal grant, and the remaining funds will be secured by ONI through private equity and secured debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it goes online, HIFL will be able to process a high volume of data with minimal delay and will be the inter-island backbone of Connect K\u0101kou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is just one part of our plan to guarantee the state\u2019s long-term Internet connectivity,\u201d said LG Luke. \u201cConnect K\u0101kou has over $500 million in federal grants, state funds and private matching funds available as we work towards connecting the unconnected and make sure everyone has access to reliable, affordable high-speed Internet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIFL will be a carrier-neutral, open-access system with landing sites on O\u02bbahu, Hawai\u02bbi, Maui, Kaua\u02bbi, L\u0101na\u02bbi and Moloka\u02bbi that will improve Hawai\u02bbi inter-island and regional connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system will have 24 fiber pairs with a design life of 25 years and is expected to be ready for service in late 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is being overseen by the UH System Office for Information Technology with support from the Research Corporation of the University of Hawai\u02bbi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are very pleased to be partnering with Ocean Networks,\u201d said Garret Yoshimi, UH Vice President for Information Technology and CIO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Ocean Networks team has significant industry experience, specifically working here in Hawai\u02bbi. It\u2019s an honor for UH to play an important role in connecting Hawai\u02bbi to the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are delighted to collaborate with the UH and proud that ONI has been selected to build and operate the new HIFL submarine cable system,\u201d said Cliff Miyake, VP Business Development of Ocean Networks, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe HIFL system will provide critical improvement to the broadband infrastructure for the State of Hawai\u02bbi.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL) subsea cable will expand high-speed Internet statewide. University of Hawai\u02bbi (UH) and Ocean Networks, Inc. (ONI) have announced a $120 million, public-private partnership to construct a submarine optical fiber cable system that will connect the Hawaiian Islands and improve and expand high-speed broadband Internet throughout the state. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":33052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,44],"tags":[5680,5681,5682,5683,5684,5685,5686,5687],"class_list":["post-32924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cabling","category-top-stories","tag-hawaiian-islands-fiber-link","tag-high-speed-broadband-internet","tag-ocean-networks","tag-oni","tag-optical-fiber-cable","tag-uh","tag-undersea-cable","tag-university-of-hawaii"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33033,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32924\/revisions\/33033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/apac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}